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64 JUL / AUG 2022  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS Hospital Rounds cancer screening, co-creation and development of patient education materials, and community outreach to improve awareness and education about early cancer detection. Utilization of GRAIL’s REFLECTION registry program and other Ochsner data will evaluate the impact of the three-year pro- gram, with results to be published following the program’s conclusion. “Unfortunately, Louisiana has some of the nation’s highest cancer death rates, but we are making strides every year in identifying cancers early through screenings,” said Brian Moore, MD, FACS, medical director, Ochsner Cancer Institute. “For those cancers that are historically not diag- nosed quickly, offering Galleri to our patients will be revolutionary.” Ochsner’s academics and research team will also begin enrolling participants aged 50 years and older who are not actively being evaluated or treated for cancer in the ongoing PATHFINDER 2 study. This is a prospective, multi-center interven- tional study of the Galleri test that aims to enroll 20,000 participants through healthcare systems in North America. Participants who have a “can- cer signal detected” test result will undergo a tar- geted diagnostic evaluation based on predicted cancer signal origin(s) through the Ochsner Can- cer Institute to determine if cancer is present. Vanessa Davidson, BSN, Honored with Nursing Leadership Award Terrebonne General Health System recognized Vanessa Davidson, BSN, for receiving the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurs- ing, Xi Zeta Chapter Excellence Award 2022 for Nursing Leadership Award. The award recognizes nurses who consistently practice excellence in a clinical setting, in nursing education, and/or in nursing leadership. Davidson has been a member of the Terrebonne General team for 10 years. She began as a staff nurse, then worked as the clinical coordinator of the Telemetry Department, and shortly after that transitioned into the nurse director role of the Telemetry Department. She is a board-certified cardiovascular RN and a member of the Louisi- ana Organization of Nurse Leaders. LSRCNames St. Tammany Health System as Hospital of the Year The Louisiana Society for Respiratory Care (LSRC) has named St. Tammany Health System 2021 Hospital of the Year for Respiratory Care among hospitals with more than 200 beds. STHS has won the award previously, most recently in 2020. The honor, announced at LSRC’s annual confer- ence in April, recognizes the health system’s respi- ratory team for demonstrating, enhancing, and promoting quality care with successful outcomes for the hospital and the community. The STHS respiratory care team provides acute care therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, and sleep disorders support. Respiratory services and other STPH clinical disciplines participate in shared gov- ernance, involving team decision-making, diverse creative input, and advancing St. Tammany Health System’s healthcare mission. U.S. News &World Report : Ochsner Hospital for Children Named # 1 in LA Ochsner Hospital for Children has been named #1 in Louisiana in the new Best Children’s Hospi- tals for 2022-23 rankings for the second consecu- tive year by U.S. News & World Report . Ochsner Hospital for Children was also recognized as a national leader in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, pediatric gastroenterology and gastroin- testinal surgery, and pediatric orthopedics in the new rankings. n Vanessa Davidson, BSN